(70) Panopaea
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	21 Oct 2025	13.7	2.759 AU	3.698 AU	12h52m	+00°36'	16.6°	5.9°
Opposition	16 May 2026	10.9	2.361 AU	1.351 AU	15h29m	-21°46'	177.2°	1.2°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Panopaea are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1830438
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6135226
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.59683
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 47.63785
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 255.44756
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 269.56600
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 122.79541
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -11.21987
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.23            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   12 52 36.8   +00 36 52     3.698    2.759   16.6    5.9   313   13.7 
2025-10-21 05:53 UT   12 52 58.6   +00 34 16     3.696    2.758   16.8    6.0   312   13.7 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   12 54 05.8   +00 26 18     3.692    2.757   17.2    6.1   312   13.7 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   12 55 34.9   +00 15 45     3.686    2.755   17.7    6.3   311   13.7 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   12 57 03.9   +00 05 14     3.680    2.753   18.3    6.5   310   13.7 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   12 58 33.1   +00 05 16     3.674    2.752   18.8    6.7   310   13.7 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   13 00 02.2   +00 15 45     3.668    2.750   19.4    6.9   309   13.7 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   13 01 31.4   +00 26 13     3.662    2.748   19.9    7.1   309   13.7 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   13 03 00.7   +00 36 40     3.655    2.746   20.5    7.3   308   13.7 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   13 04 29.9   +00 47 05     3.648    2.744   21.0    7.5   307   13.7 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   13 05 59.2   +00 57 28     3.642    2.743   21.6    7.7   307   13.7 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   13 07 28.5   -01 07 51     3.635    2.741   22.2    7.9   306   13.7 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   13 08 57.8   -01 18 12     3.628    2.739   22.7    8.0   306   13.7 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   13 10 27.1   -01 28 31     3.621    2.737   23.3    8.2   305   13.7 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   13 11 56.5   -01 38 49     3.613    2.736   23.9    8.4   305   13.7 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   13 13 25.8   -01 49 05     3.606    2.734   24.4    8.6   305   13.7 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   13 14 55.2   -01 59 20     3.598    2.732   25.0    8.8   304   13.7 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   13 16 24.6   -02 09 33     3.591    2.730   25.6    9.0   304   13.7 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   13 17 54.0   -02 19 45     3.583    2.728   26.1    9.2   303   13.7 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   13 19 23.4   -02 29 55     3.575    2.726   26.7    9.4   303   13.7 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   13 20 52.9   -02 40 03     3.567    2.725   27.3    9.6   303   13.7 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   13 22 22.3   -02 50 10     3.559    2.723   27.9    9.8   302   13.7 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.